All British Baker articles in April 2008 – Page 7
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Greenhalgh’s Craft Bakery
has launched a fruit flapjack into shops across north-west England to raise money for its 2008 Local Hero campaign. For each flapjack sold, Greenhalgh’s will give 5p to a fund that will help several charities in the region. The first of these charities, The Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team, helped ...
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Bakery to benefit from huge Tameside spend
The £90 million rebuilding of Tameside College will herald an exciting period of growth for the bakery department, with more students, even better equipment and closer links with schools and employers, said head of food and hospitality studies Chris Massey.He told British Baker that the bakery facilities had only recently ...
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Gaza bakers suffer under Israeli restrictions
Bakers in Gaza went on strike last week after the ruling Hamas organisation refused to let them put up bread prices to cope with a shortage of goods, resulting from restrictions imposed by Israel. A 3kg bag of pitta bread sells for $2.30 and bakeries want to increase it to ...
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NewsThe craft baker
Last week I took a call from BB asking if I’d like to become a regular columnist, and I thought, ‘At last! I’ve found a new audience for my ever-rising enthusiasm for all things baking.’ But where to start? My five-minute verbal stream, spilling out like dough on the move, ...
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Select Bag detection
Select Bag Sealers (SBS), which manufactures and supplies tape bag sealers, has launched the high-speed Flexi-Sealer. The sealer can cater for different product widths and incorporates a no-seal detector which, when coupled with the standard tape run-out detector, ensures that any potentially unsealed products, due to bagger misfeeds, are caught.RRP: ...
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Call us today for your Awards entry forms
With the deadline now extended to 16 May, there is still time to get your entries in for this year’s Baking Industry Awards.Entry forms are available from Stephanie Smallwood, tel: 01293 610433 or e-mail: stephanie.smallwood@william-reed.co.uk.There are 11 categories, championing the achievements of all aspects of the industry, with awards for ...
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Creditors await FBBM outcome
Creditors of the Fabulous Bakin’ Boys Manufacturing (FBBM) are still in limbo, waiting to see if they will get any of the money owed from the collapsed firm.Fabulous Bakin’ Boys Manu-facturing went into administration last December with debts of £3.4 million. Administrators BDO Stoy Hayward (BDO) then sold the business ...
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Bleeding Heart attack
New York is widely acknowledged as the epicentre of food-to-go trends. But here’s one we’re hoping won’t catch on in the UK: apple-smoked bacon, half-coated lengthwise by a layer of chocolate.This is the brainchild of Michelle Garcia, co-owner of the Bleeding Heart Bakery, which has struggled to keep up with ...
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Appointments
== Tony Sharpe Renshaw ==Marzipans and ready-to-roll icings manufacturer Renshaw has appointed Tony Sharpe as managing director.Prior to joining Renshaw, Sharpe was managing director of distiller G&J Greenalls and previously held a number of consulting projects for Unilever and Vodaphone. He has also held senior management positions with The Coca-Cola ...
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Planning ahead
Real Food’s ground-breaking format reflects the focus given to food standards - in particular, provenance and sustainability. It is both a trade and consumer show, with a dedicated trade day on Thursday 24 April. Tickets for the dedicated trade day cost £20 (including VAT), which includes the entrance fee, the ...
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Mixer adds a delicate touch
Robot Coupe has introduced an R-Mix function as standard on a number of the machines in its vertical cutter mixer range. R-Mix - meaning reverse-mixing - makes it possible to add delicate foodstuffs such as chopped dried fruit or chocolate pieces to a processed mix such as dough, while keeping ...
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Lucozade spends £8m on latest sports sector drive
Lucozade Sport will be supported with an £8 million TV and press campaign this year.The push - by brand owner GlaxoSmithKline - will highlight the soft drink’s links with sport. It will kick off with TV advertisements on sports channels including Sky Sports. Press, radio, outdoor and digital ads ...
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60-second sales pitch
== So what’s new? ==A new generation of non-hydrogenated dairy cream alternatives. This includes new formulations of our brands Mactop, Mactop Extra, GlenDelight and Foodservice GlenDelight. Previously, all dairy cream alternatives in the market used hydrogenated fats.== What’s so special about it? ==The dairy cream alternatives are free from hydrogenated ...
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Greggs plans £20m spend in the north west
Greggs has unveiled plans to spend £20 million in the north west, with a new bakery and shops. Some of the shops will be located at out-of-town retail parks and one will be built at Manchester Airport to tap into changing customer demands.The new £15m bakery at Openshaw, east Manchester, ...
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O’Briens to establish 15 more units
Sandwich bar and coffee chain O’Briens plans to open a further 15 franchise units by the end of this year, with a focus on north- east England and the Midlands.Franchise director Paul Stanton said that major cities such as Newcastle still had "massive potential" for further expansion. The move ...
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GRABBING A GENEROUS SLICE OF THE HANDHELD CAKE Responding to rumours that Maidenhead’s best loved independent baker of cakes is on the verge of some very exciting new developments, The Handmade Cake Company is proud to announce that May 2008 will see the budding business take up residence in its ...
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Grabbing etc
Responding to rumours that Maidenhead’s best loved independent baker of cakes is on the verge of some very exciting new developments, The Handmade Cake Company is proud to announce that May 2008 will see the budding business take up residence in its new twice-as--large bakery down the road. Although ...